Blotter attachment for fountain pens



Z. J. BRICONNI'ER.

BLoTTER ATTACHMENT Fon FOUNTAIN PENS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.24. 1920.

Patented June 6., 1922..

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A TTORNEY PATENT oFFicE.

ZEII-IER J. BRICONNIER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIAQASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MAX COI-IN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BLOTTER ATTACHMENT FOR FOUNTAIN PENS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 6, 1922.

Application filed November 24, 1920. Serial No. 426,196.

T0 all whom t may cof/wem Be it known that I, ZEPHER J. niooN- NIER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Blotter Attachments for Fountain Pens, of Awhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a blotter attachment for fountain pens, and more particularly to a blotter attachment for t-he cap of a fountain pen.

General objects of the invention are: that the blotter can be easily manipulated whenused; that the attachment be simple, and inexpensive to manufacture; and that the attachment is neat in appearance.

Itis also an object of the present invention that the blot-ter be detachable and easily renewable.

Other objects will later appear.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a fountain pen showing my invention incorporated.

. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, central, vertical section of thel fountain pen cap and showing the blotter partly ulirolled.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 3, of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail yiew of the spindle upon which thel blot-ter is wound.

Referring to t-he drawings nio-re particularly, 10 indicates the ordinary stock or haudle of a. fountain pen, and 11 the cap or sleeve for enclosing the pen point. The cap or sleeve 11 in this inst-ance is open at each end and its outer end is provided with threads adapted to receive the interiorly threaded cap 12. rlhrough the. cap 12 there extends a sleeve 12 in which there is inserted a spindle 13. A collar 14 is secured to the sleeve 12. The slee-ve and spindle extend into a tub-ular member 13 and the inner end of the spindle is threaded into an intermediate transverse wall of the member 13. The spindle. is free to turn in the sleeve 12'; the' collar 14 holding the member 13 and sleeve 12 in their positions. The spindle is threaded on its outer end to receive a knurled nut 15 by which the spindlemay be turned and in turn rotating the member 13'; the sleeve 12 acting as a guide for the member 13 and holding it against any lateral movement.

From the co-llar 14 to the inner end of the spindle, a portion of the spindles periphery is flattened as indicated at 16, and at the inner end of this attened portion there is pivotally secured, as at 16, one end of a. resilient strip 17. The' strip is adapted to swing 1n a plane. corresponding to its flat surface, and beneath it is held one end of a blot-ter strip 18. The blotter otherwise extends through a longitudinally extending slot 19 1n the cap or sleeve 11. The slot terminates at its one end with the outer end of the cap 11, as shown in Fig. 2. The outer end of the blotter 18 extends through aA slot 2() in a tubular member 21, and is disposed about the inner surface of said tubular member. A pin 22 is inserted in this tubular formation of the blotter end and binds the same aga-inst being Withdrawn. The tubular member 21 is preferably of hard rubber in order to 'give the required binding action to hold the blotter.

1V hen it is desired to renew the blotter, the cap 12 is unscrewed, which action will draw with it the spindle 16 and blotter carried thereby; the blotter sliding through the slot 19. After the cap is entirely unscrewed the spindle, cap and blotter can be entirely withdrawn from the capI or sleeve 11. The member 17 is then swung on its pivot 16 and the inner end of ,the blotter released. The pin 22 can then be withdrawn and the other end of the blotter drawn from the tubular member 21. A new blotter can then he substituted by a reverse operation.

ln operation when it is desired` to use the blotter, it is only necessary to pull on the tubular member 2l and thus unwind the blotter. This can be accomplished by one hand if desired, which is done by holding the cap or sleeve 11 in one hand and by the use of the thumb and middle finger pushing outwardly on the tubular member. Thisl manner of operation is of course only resorted to when two hands cannot be conveniently used. When the blotting has been accomplished the blotter may then be quickly rewound on the spindle by the operator turning the spindle in the required direetion'by means of the knurled nut 15.

Vhile I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that various changes in the combination, construction. and arrangement may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit ot' the invention as claimed. f

Ilaving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A Iblotter attachment of the `character described comprising in combination a fountain pen cap having both ends'open, a cap threaded on the outer end thereof, a spindle journalled in said cap and extendinginto the fountain pen ap. a resilient strip having one end pivotally secured on the spindle and tree to be swung so that it is disposed in alignment with the inner portion of the. spindle. a blotter strip having one end held between said resilient strip and spindle and extending through a slot formed longitudinally of the cap and extending Jfrom the outer end ot the fountain pen cap to a point approximately even with the inner end ot' the spindle.

2. A blotter attachment ot' the character described comprising in combination a fountain pen cap having both ends open, a cap threaded on the outer end thereof, a spindle iournalled in said cap and extending into the fountain pen cap` said spindle being entirely supported by the cap. a blotter strip having one end detachably secured to the spindle and extending through a slot formed longitudinally of the" Jfountain pencap. and a tubular member detachably secured 'to the other end of the blotter strip.

l. A blotter attachment ot the character' described conll'irising in combination a fountain pen cap having both ends open, a cap threaded on the outer end thereof, a spindle journalled in said lap and extending into the fountain pen cap, a resilient strip havingone end pivotally secured on the spindle and tree to be swung so that it is disposed in alignment with the inner portion of the spindle, a blotter strip having one end held between said resilient strip and spindle and extending through a slot formed longitudinally ot' the cap and extending from the outer end ot the fountain pen cap to a point approximatelyeven with the inner end of the spindle. and a tubular member detachably secured to theother end ot the blotter.

4. A blotter attachment ot the character described comprising in combination a fountain pen cap having both ends open, a cap threaded on the outer end thereof, a spindle journalled in said cap and extending into the fountain pen cap, carrying an enlarged tubular member on its inner end, a sleeve about said spindle extending into said tubular member. a knurled nut threaded on the outer end of the spindle7 a blotter strip having one end attached to the tubular member on the spindle, and extending through a slot formed longitudinally of the fountain pen cap. and terminating in the outer end of said fountain pen cap.

In a device ot' the character described a support, a sleeve secured in said support,

a spindle extending through the sleeve and turnable therein, a roller secured on the outer end ot' the spindle. said roller being hollow to enclose a portion of the spindle and the sleeve in which the spindle is turnable. a blotter carried by the roller. and means on the roller tor securing one end ot the blotter. I

6. In a device ot' the character described a cap` a sleeve secured in said cap, a spindle extending through the sleeve and the cap and Iiournalled in the sleeve. means on one end ot' the spindle for imparting a turning moven-lent thereto. a cylinder secured to the opposite end ot' the spindle. said cylinder ene-losing that portion ot the sleeve and the spindle which projects within the cap, and means for attaching one end of a blotter to the cylinder.

T. In a device of the character described, 

